WAGERS v. COMMONWEALTH


256 S.W.2d 357 (1953)

WAGERS v. COMMONWEALTH.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. M. Ward and Vernon Faulkner, Hazard, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Atty. Gen., and H.D. Reed, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


DUNCAN, Justice.

Appellant, Felix Wagers, is dissatisfied with a judgment of the Perry Circuit Court which sentences him to the penitentiary for a term of twenty-one years on a charge of voluntary manslaughter. On his appeal, he insists that the verdict is flagrantly against the weight of the evidence and that the trial court erred in giving an instruction on voluntary manslaughter.

James Turner, Jr., usually referred to as Junior Turner, died about 6:30 on...

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